Cambridge High and Latin School

Irving Finstein “Swoo, Finny, Izzy”

Irving Finstein (“Swoo, Finny, Izzy”) is one of 483 graduates in the class of 1930 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1930 yearbook entry gives: came from Wellington Grammar School; headed for University of Southern California; lived at 220 Webster Avenue.

Class of 1930

483 in the class of 1930 · 6 more named Finstein

Full name: Irving Finstein
Known as: Swoo, Finny, Izzy
Lived at: 220 Webster Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1930
Came from: Wellington Grammar School
Headed for: University of Southern California

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Household 3
Neighbours 31
Same surname 2
Classmates 482
Same schools 37

In context

Of the 483 entries from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930 read for this site, Irving's is 142nd alphabetically. Turning the scan to page 49 shows Irving; the portraits we read from this book run from page 21 to page 118. Irving did not arrive alone from Wellington Grammar School: 20 other classmates name it too. Irving was not alone on Webster Avenue: 5 other classmates list it too. Among first names, the class of 1930 favours Mary (30), Anna (14) and John (14); the class of 1929 had Mary (28), Margaret (17) and Helen (15).

On the same scan page	Letty H. Field, Annie Fine, Edward Finstein, William Michael Fitzgerald
Same street	Webster Avenue: 5 other classmates
Same earlier school	Wellington Grammar School: 20 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 206 of 430 classmates with a plan (48%)

At home, 220 Webster Avenue

Same surname, same address — very likely brothers and sisters.

The 1930 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Finstein at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Maxwell Finstein, student lived herepage
Pauline Finstein, student lived herepage

The Finstein household is listed here in 1925, 1927 and 1928 too.

What Irving did at school

Hockey, 1929
Freshman Baseball, 1926
Varsity Baseball, 1927-28-29
Basketball, 1929

What the yearbook said

Swoo” “FRINNY” algae “Man. is the bad child of the universe

Man is the bad child of the universe.

Also grew up on Webster Avenue

The class of 1930

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Others named Finstein

Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.

Also came from Wellington Grammar School

Also headed for University of Southern California

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1930, page 49. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1930unse).

Published 1930, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Malden Public Library / Boston Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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